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Robert Brent Thirsk is a Canadian astronaut, engineer, and physician born in New Westminster in 1953. He is a member of NASA Astronaut Group 17 and served on the crews of Expedition 20, Expedition 21, Soyuz TMA-15, and STS-78. His time in space totaled 294,869 seconds. He has received the Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Thirsk was educated at McGill University, the University of Calgary, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is the author of the work *Introduction to GNSS*. His writings are also referenced in academic databases, with five works listed in Crossref and one author entry in Open Library. He is recognized in the Astronauts collection and is referenced by 1,360 other encyclopedia articles.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
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Key facts
- Born
- Robert Brent Thirsk , ( 1953-08-17 ) August 17, 1953 (age 72) , New Westminster , British Columbia , Canada
- Education
- University of Calgary ( BS ), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MS , MBA ), McGill University ( MD ), Carleton University ( DEng )
- Time in space
- 204 days, 18 hours, 29 minutes
- Selection
- 1983 NRC Group , NASA Group 17 (1998)
- Missions
- STS-78 , Soyuz TMA-15 ( Expedition 20 / 21 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 17
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- New Westminster
- Occupation
- physician
- Image
- Robert thirsk v2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Robert Thirsk
- date of birth
- 1953-08-17
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- Robert Thirsk
- time in space
- 294869
- name in native language
- Robert Brent Thirsk
- member of the crew of
- STS-78
- P450
- Soyuz TMA-15
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert "Bob" Brent Thirsk, OC OBC (born August 17, 1953) is a Canadian retired engineer and physician, and a former Canadian Space Agency astronaut. He holds the Canadian record for the most time spent in space (204 days, 18 hours and 29 minutes). He became an officer of the Order of Canada (OC) in 2013 and was named to the Order of British Columbia (OBC) in 2012.
Life
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